American Filmatic Arts Awards is an organization focused on Independent Films internationally .
It is the 2nd year that organized annually to revive & celebrate Indie cinema and new filmmakers worldwide in the USA.
Award ceremony will be held with live screenings in Brooklyn, New York.
It consist of more than 20 jurors who are in the field as film critics, filmmakers, industry professionals, distributors and producers internationally and We strongly believe in that all unique films deserve to get a review by film professionals and
new filmmakers have to be encouraged and applaud for their filmatic visions.
Founded by New York Eurasian Film Festival & USA Independent Film Festival directors.

American Filmatic Arts Awards intends to discover contemporary Independent cinema, to restore and to create a new cinematic culture in response to the rapid changes in media seen in the 21st century.
AFAA presents the international competition section to find potential cinema artist and discover new indie films to be classic in the future.

Please visit our website for further info.

Awards & Prizes

Feature Film (Drama)
Feature Film (Comedy/Dramedy)
Feature Film (Action/Thriller)
Feature Film (Horror)
Feature Film (SCI-FI)
Feature Film (Foreign)
Documentary Feature
Feature Film (Animation)

Short Film (Drama)
Short Film (Drama) Student
Short Film (Comedy/Dramedy)
Short Film (Comedy/Dramedy) Student
Short Film (Action/Thriller)
Short Film (Action/Thriller) Student
Short Film (Horror)
Short Film (Horror) Student
Short Film (SCI-FI)
Short Film (SCI-FI) Student
Short Film (Animation)
Short Film (Animation) Student
Short Film (LGBT)
Short Film (LGBT) Student
Short Film (Foreign)
Short Film (Foreign) Student

To be eligible for consideration, all films must meet the following requirements:

* ANY Country(ies) of Production which has been completed after January 2015.

*Short Films must be no more than 40 minutes in length including credits..

*Feature films must be no less than 59 minutes in length including credits. If your film is not meeting these criterias, still welcome to submit it.

*All non-English language films must have legible English language subtitles.

All films will be considered for each category that any film submitted for
"American Filmatic Arts Awards" will be judged by our jurors and committee to apply one to another award which may be best fit.
So the filmmakers have to submitted only for 2 category for now. As Short and Feature film and then jury will make the best decision for the award.

*All films must have been completed after January 2015. .

Only completed projects will be accepted. Filmmaker or distributor must have obtained all clearances for exhibition and must certify that the work is original and no disputes regarding ownership exist on the film.

Teresa Mular MD

Great festival.I was not able to attend but one of the participants in my film was present to receive my award and she only had great things to comment about the festival. Thank you for giving the honor and privilege of participating in your festival.

Aitor González Iturbe

Johnny Zito

Do yourself a favor and submit to this festival. I was very honored and to have had my short film selected and awarded Honorable Mention among such high quality and diverse films. The awards ceremony was a blast too. They treat filmmakers with they respect and dignity we deserve.